[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 85 (Thursday, June 23, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H5070-H5073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 337 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 3010.

                              {time}  1643


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 3010) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, 
with Mr. Terry (Acting Chairman) in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier 
today, the bill was open for amendment from page 68, line 21, through 
page 69, line 19.
  The Chair will describe the supplemental order of the House after 
disposing of unfinished business.


          Sequential Votes Postponed in Committee of the Whole

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order: amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), amendment offered by the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Owens), an amendment offered by the gentleman from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Bradley).
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Obey

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Obey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 284, 
noes 140, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 305]

                               AYES--284

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boehlert
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Camp
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Drake
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Foley
     Ford
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Ney
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--140

     Akin
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cox
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Emerson
     Everett
     Feeney
     Flake
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Issa
     Istook
     Jindal
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris
     Mica
     Miller, Gary
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pearce
     Pence
     Pitts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Price (GA)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Turner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wicker
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bass
     Boyd
     Davis, Tom
     Harman
     Lewis (GA)
     Meek (FL)
     Ryan (OH)
     Udall (NM)
     Wilson (NM)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Terry) (during the vote). Members are 
advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1706

  Messrs. CALVERT, ROGERS of Michigan, HEFLEY, COLE of Oklahoma, and 
McKEON changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. BRADLEY of New Hampshire, MURPHY, and SODREL, and Mrs. JO ANN 
DAVIS of Virginia changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Ms. HARRIS. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 305, the Obey Amendment, I 
was recorded as voting ``no'' and wished to vote ``aye.''

[[Page H5071]]

                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Owens

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Owens) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 206, 
noes 216, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 306]

                               AYES--206

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baird
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Platts
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NOES--216

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cox
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Feeney
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Issa
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuhl (NY)
     Latham
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McMorris
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schwarz (MI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherwood
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Bass
     Boyd
     Davis, Tom
     Harman
     Jones (NC)
     Lewis (GA)
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Reyes
     Udall (NM)
     Wilson (NM)


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there are 
2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1714

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


           Amendment Offered by Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New 
Hampshire (Mr. Bradley) on which further proceedings were postponed and 
on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 161, 
noes 262, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 307]

                               AYES--161

     Akin
     Barrow
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blumenauer
     Boozman
     Boren
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Camp
     Cannon
     Capito
     Case
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cubin
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Drake
     Duncan
     Edwards
     English (PA)
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gingrey
     Gohmert
     Gordon
     Graves
     Green (WI)
     Green, Al
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hart
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Hoekstra
     Hooley
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Inslee
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (NC)
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Kuhl (NY)
     Langevin
     Latham
     Leach
     Lewis (KY)
     Lipinski
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Matheson
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McMorris
     Meehan
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Moore (KS)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Neugebauer
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Ramstad
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Rohrabacher
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shays
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Smith (WA)
     Souder
     Stearns
     Tanner
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Tierney
     Udall (CO)
     Upton
     Walden (OR)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wu
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--262

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (GA)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Cantor
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Carter
     Castle

[[Page H5072]]


     Chabot
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Costa
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Frelinghuysen
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Hall
     Harris
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     King (NY)
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (PA)
     Pombo
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Solis
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Towns
     Turner
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Barrett (SC)
     Bass
     Boyd
     Davis, Tom
     Harman
     Lewis (GA)
     Meek (FL)
     Reyes
     Udall (NM)
     Wilson (NM)


                  Announcement By The Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Terry) (during the vote). There are 2 
minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1722

  Mr. PORTER and Miss McMORRIS changed their vote from ``no'' to 
``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, no 
further amendment to the bill, as amended, may be offered except pro 
forma amendments offered at any point in the reading by the chairman or 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
designees for the purpose of debate, the additional amendments 
specified in the order, and amendments en bloc specified in this order.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chairman of the Committee on 
Appropriations or a designee, after consultation with the ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations, to offer amendments 
en bloc consisting of amendments that may be offered under the order, 
or germane modifications of any such amendment. Such amendments en bloc 
shall be considered as read, except that modifications shall be 
reported, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question. The original proponent of an amendment included in such 
amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record 
immediately before the disposition of the amendments en bloc.
  The additional amendments specified in the order are:
  amendments printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1, 2, 4, 
5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 24;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King) regarding coverage 
of certain drugs;
  an amendment by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) 
regarding enforcement of certain compliance agreements;
  an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) regarding 
grants under the Public Health Service Act;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) regarding 
designations of critical access hospitals;
  an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) regarding 
certain appointments to Federal advisory committees;
  an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) 
regarding United Airline pension plans;
  an amendment by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Hinchey) regarding 
the content or distribution of public telecommunications programs and 
services under the Communications Act of 1934;
  an amendment by the gentleman from California (Mr. Honda) regarding 
military recruiters;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) regarding 
funding levels and income tax rates;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) 
regarding special allowances under the Higher Education Act;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
regarding interoperable information technology;
  an amendment by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Brown) regarding funding 
for the Medicaid Commission;
  amendments by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Regula) regarding veterans 
programs of the Department of Labor, LIHEAP, section 503 of H.R. 3010, 
or a limitation on the use of certain education funds; and
  an amendment by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price) regarding 
funding for certain education programs.
  Each additional amendment may be offered only by the Member named in 
the request or a designee, or by the Member who caused it to be printed 
in the Record or a designee, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except 
that the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies each may offer one pro forma 
amendment for the purpose of debate; and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word and yield to 
the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Jindal).
  Mr. JINDAL. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to request that in lieu of 
offering my amendment, which will provide that a small portion of the 
$50 million in health information technology grants that are already 
allocated to the agency for health care research and quality are 
designated to small and rural hospitals to implement bedside bar-coded 
medication technology, that we agree to work together to achieve 
improvements in health care quality by implementing technology 
initiatives in our small and rural hospitals.
  Mr. Chairman, quality of health care is the driving force for 
implementing technological changes in the administration of medications 
in hospitals. More than one-third of adverse drug events occur during 
the administration to patients.
  The estimated cost of preventable errors in the inpatient setting is 
a staggering $2 billion annually. Hand-held devices that scan bar codes 
on medication bags, patient wristbands, and nurse badges can help 
eliminate those errors by tracking medical information and alerting 
hospital staff before a mistake is made.
  In fact, a study by the University of Wisconsin shows that 
medication-dispensing errors can be reduced from 1.43 percent 0.13 
percent with the use of bar code technology. Unfortunately, the 
penetration of these devices is small. Less than 10 percent of 
hospitals have implemented such systems.
  The second driving force for implementing bar code technology is 
cost. The cost burden relative to the ever-rising demand for health 
care is not going to be met without implementing

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technological advancements in health care organizations.
  The United States spends over $1.2 trillion a year on health care. We 
could have a dramatic impact on reducing the amount of paperwork on the 
administrative side by using bar code technology that automatically 
captures patient data and eliminates some of the costly administrative 
burdens that take hospital staff away from patient care.
  Moreover, the quality of life in rural America depends on having 
access to quality, affordable health care.
  Mr. Chairman, will you agree to work with me to improve the quality 
of health care in small and rural hospitals as this bill moves forward 
in the legislative process?

                              {time}  1730

  Mr. REGULA. Yes. I thank the gentleman for bringing this important 
issue to my attention and to the attention of the House of 
Representatives.
  I agree that the quality of health care in rural America is an 
important issue. And regrettably in a tight fiscal environment, some 
reductions have been made to rural health care programs. I look forward 
to working with the gentleman to help find funding streams from which 
to draw from to help improve the technology available to patients of 
health care providers in rural America.
  Mr. JINDAL. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Marchant) having assumed the chair, Mr. Terry, Acting Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3010) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, had come to no 
resolution thereon.

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